HC Deb 02 February 1987 vol 109 cc494-8W
Mr. Burt

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each London borough for the years 1980 to 1986 the numbers of tenants who have initiated purchase of their council house, and the numbers who have completed; and if he will break these figures down to show purchases of flats and houses.

Right to buy sales: London Boroughs
1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
first half
claims received sales claims received sales claims received sales claims reeived sales claims received sales claims received sales claims received sales
City of London
—houses 0 0 3 0 1 5 1 6 3 1 8 1 2 2
—flats 547 0 216 52 82 232 83 91 134 65 226 103 129 66
Barking and Dagenham
—houses 4,717 0 1,023 678 1,205 2,558 1,130 885 1,521 787 1,338 1,040 2 2
—flats 0 0 0 0 1 0 27 58 87 23 95 14 2 2
Barnet
—houses 989 0 512 159 499 461 635 405 782 637 647 551 534 243
—flats 468 0 175 0 219 7 236 224 309 204 348 161 255 100
Bexley
—houses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
—flats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brent
—houses 791 0 335 185 230 328 217 206 256 249 2270 2119 2 2
—flats 253 0 113 2 117 50 97 55 238 210 2179 260 2 2
Bromley
—houses 706 120 815 550 785 478 922 583 995 899 788 552 490 300
—flats 207 0 158 0 145 151 110 70 116 67 205 94 101 52
Camden
—houses 760 0 383 8 546 51 244 32 546 35 631 10 540 14
—flats 1 0 1 5 1 120 1 91 1 65 1 66 1 56
Croydon
—houses 1,202 0 647 678 917 793 868 659 943 501 816 581 545 277
—flats 41 0 78 65 38 0 58 0 137 29 151 66 114 34
Ealing
—houses 540 3 759 199 516 398 2171 273 120 102 572 405 2227 2115
—flats 304 0 187 50 111 94 235 226 37 20 252 78 2151 229
Enfield
—houses 697 0 530 330 863 436 781 720 754 658 612 400 439 186
—flats 231 0 132 0 217 26 269 139 176 163 215 84 194 60
Greenwich
—houses 2,214 0 553 205 1,333 1,019 463 295 587 313 625 402 554 188
—flats 1 0 1 0 1 6 1 65 1 18 1 25 1 15
Hackney
—houses 414 1 96 23 189 104 2145 285 345 149 523 124 2 2
—flats 1 1 1 0 0 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 2 2
Hammersmith and Fulham
—houses 92 0 178 27 218 90 250 105 251 110 307 107 207 38
—flats 186 0 170 24 227 89 268 100 277 125 300 103 280 91
Haringey
—houses 1,072 0 373 390 361 445 387 242 536 229 2770 2216 2 2
—flats 211 0 65 6 82 73 97 47 159 35 2232 251 2 2
Harrow
—houses 510 1 268 200 292 315 275 208 369 171 291 213 253 92
—flats 150 0 97 0 49 82 45 26 75 25 106 49 51 29

Mr. Tracey

[pursuant to his reply, 27 January 1987, c. l74]: The table gives the available information on claims received and sales completed under the right-to-buy provisions, up to September 1986. Corresponding information is not available on the progress of voluntary sales to tenants.

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
first half
claims received sales claims received sales claims received sales claims reeived sales claims received sales claims received sales claims received sales
Havering
—houses 284 0 519 239 569 382 567 459 565 234 565 322 2167 274
—flats 199 0 176 58 123 81 67 69 89 35 134 43 240 27
Hillingdon
—houses 2 2 630 135 2648 2612 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
2—flats 2 2 115 0 76 228 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Hounslow
—houses 1,794 0 498 279 490 858 489 491 600 232 647 213 476 151
—flats 239 0 92 0 71 8 64 56 83 33 88 21 89 61
Islington
—houses 259 0 167 9 105 102 88 68 234 26 245 223 2 2
—flats 436 0 379 2 211 96 198 147 262 219 2193 261 2 2
Kensington and Chelsea
—houses 17 0 9 3 9 4 7 6 18 5 16 4 192 3
—flats 210 0 128 II 66 83 101 39 211 55 172 73 176 47
Kingston upon Thames
—houses 184 0 198 62 243 193 174 187 197 105 179 123 120 49
—flats 236 0 82 0 119 157 46 42 91 31 91 40 71 28
Lambeth
—houses 650 0 383 29 1,074 231 2346 2129 682 2 758 0 2 2
—flats 1 0 1 1 1 36 1 2 21832 1 2 1 0 2 2
Lewisham
—houses 1,385 0 429 180 425 947 2540 2234 691 255 2370 2197 2 2
—flats 329 0 117 0 110 25 2135 272 182 54 277 219 2 2
Merton
—houses 336 0 435 407 493 278 442 335 331 126 421 235 2 2
—flats 25 0 28 27 41 41 46 42 54 24 90 29 2 2
Newham
—houses 1,930 0 710 241 786 1,328 2461 2408 2 2 2 2 2 2
—flats 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 2 2 2 2 2 2
Redbridge
—houses 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
—flats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richmond upon Thames
—houses 411 105 198 81 326 189 327 197 390 202 302 211 170 36
—flats 243 2 87 5 95 95 119 63 143 81 97 88 95 21
Southwark
—houses 589 0 341 120 226 294 141 148 387 132 2137 2159 105 86
—flats 476 0 277 0 224 128 153 103 293 63 2187 249 139 38
Sutton
—houses 345 3 284 159 392 227 451 310 458 361 379 258 310 127
—flats 198 0 106 20 119 65 104 55 115 59 111 56 75 24
Tower Hamlets
—houses 391 0 69 20 2120 178 26 99 20 214 2 2 2 2
—flats 228 0 0 0 20 30 21 42 20 22 2 2 2 2
Waltham Forest
—houses 1,419 0 369 532 480 602 315 87 507 220 2335 2199 2 2
—flats 148 0 51 0 111 64 5 27 0 88 2107 234 2 2
Wandsworth
—houses 1,080 0 683 110 794 342 874 478 594 491 504 307 367 120
—flats 408 0 0 23 0 288 1,146 334 954 570 947 341 874 209
Westminster
—houses 44 0 61 14 43 34 234 220 2134 269 131 63 85 37
—flats 827 0 240 51 174 186 2135 264 2366 294 551 184 486 45
1 Figure which includes, or may include, both houses and flats.
2 Incomplete reporting.